However, the reversal only affects the retroactive portion of his pay raise. He will continue to receive the higher salary of $111,067 going forward.

The disclosure came in an email from the chief counsel for the Department of Administration sent Wednesday to an attorney for the Legislature.

The acknowledgment of a mistake comes after the Walker administration insisted it followed state rules in giving the retroactive raise to Erwin as part of a transfer to a phantom job and then back to his current post.

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